Ms Kate Killeen White:

We have 147 beds in our public units for south Tipperary, as the Deputy described, 96 of which are long stay and 51 of which are what we class as short stay. Throughout south Tipperary we have six palliative care beds, 21 rehab beds, five respite beds and 19 transitional care beds across our units, whether these are in Clogheen, Cluain Arann, St. Anthony's in Clonmel or Cashel. With regard to occupancy, my colleague, Ms McDaid, outlined that we have capacity in our palliative care beds. There is availability and we offer and encourage those who require that kind of service to look for it because there is capacity.

Equally, in the context care of palliative care, we have delivered and developed our services to provide in-home care. As I said, people are choosing to live out the end of their days, sadly, at home. We will facilitate that where we can. There is also the bed base in Waterford, as we described. There is capacity in our palliative care beds and, as I said, 147 beds throughout south Tipperary. In that context, south Tipperary is served well as regards bed space.